Furniture or express wagon.



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FURNITURE 0R EXPRESS WAGON. (Application filed Dec. 9, 1898.)

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UNrrnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER S. \VEBBER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FURNITURE OR EXPRESS WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,147, dated August1, 1899.

Application filed December 9, 1898. Serial No. 698,736. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER S. \VEBBER, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Furniture or Express lVagons, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to a furniture or express wagon which is providedwith an awning-frame extending over the drivers seat; and it has for itsobject to enable a Wagon of this character to be readily provided withan extension of the awning-frame adapted to support a sheet of canvas orother covering over the entire length of the wagon-body and at asuitable height to protect the load.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the body of a furniture orexpress Wagon provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 represents atransverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents aperspective view showing the parts of the awning-frame extensionseparated and arranged to be packed or suspended under the wagon-body.Fig. l represents a sectional view of a portion of the awning-frame,showing also in section a part of one of the longitudinal barshereinafter referred to.

The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts inall the figures.

In the drawings, a represents a wagon-bod y having the usual seat I) atthe front end.

0 represents an awning supported by an awning-frame of ordinaryconstruction over the seat I). The awning-frame, as here shown,comprises, first, a bow having the vertical portions 3 3 at'the ends ofthe seat and the horizontal portion at extending across the wagon-bodyabove the seat, and, secondly, two swinging bows 5 6, hinged at 7 7 tothe vertical portions 3, the awning 0 being attached to the said bows.

The construction above described is common and well known.

In carrying out my invention I provide an extension of the awning-framecomposed of separable members or sections adapted to be detachablyconnected with each other and with the cross-bar 4 of the awning-frame,said extension when in use being capable of supporting a covering overthe entire portion of the wagon-body behind the seat and being composedof members which whenseparated are adapted to be compactly arranged andstored under the wagon body, where they may be supported by straps orother suitable holders. The said extension comprises, first, a bowcomposed of vertical portions d d and a horizontal portion 6, saidvertical portions being engaged wit-h sockets f f, attached to the sidesof the wagon bod y; secondly, a series of bars 9 g, formed to extendfrom the cross-bar e to the cross-bar 4, and, thirdly, means, such asbolts 7L, for detachably connecting the bars 9 with said cross-bars, thecross-bars e and a and longitudinal bars g being provided withbolt-holes to receive said bolts and the bolts being provided withsuitable heads and with thumb-nuts 7t, whereby they may be secured toand released from the parts which they connect.

The cross-bar e of the awningframe extension is divided at its centralportion into two parts or sections, which are connected by a hinge 2',arranged to permit the said parts or sections to be folded together, asshown in Fig. 3, thus enabling the rear bow and the bars 9 to beconveniently arranged when separated from each other and from thewagon-body, all as indicated in Fig. 3. The bolt-holes in the cross-bare. are arranged some at one side of the hinge 'i and others at theopposite side, so that when the parts of the frame extension areassembled the bars 9 render the hinged cross-bar e rigid and prevent-thehinge from turning, so that the construction is practically as strong asif the cross-bar 6 were made in one piece instead of being hinged.

It will be seen that thehinged rear bow and the longitudinal bars 1constitute an attachmentor frame extension which can be applied to anyfurniture-wagon having an awningframe over the drivers seat without anyadaptation of the wagon other than the provision of bolt-holes in thecross-bar4 of the awningframe and the sockets f to receive the verti calportions (Z of the rear bow. When the frame extension is not requiredfor use, it can be readily removed, so that the awningframe can bereadily removed and compactly stored in or under the wagon-bod y. Whenthe awning-frame is in place, the rear hinged bow (3 of the awning-framemay be turned up against the cross-bar 4, as shown in Fig. 4.

I prefer to provide means for varying the height of the entireawning-frame, includingthe extension, and to this end I make thevertical portions 3 of the permanent awningframe vertically adjustablein the socketsjjj, which hold said vertical portions,and provide one ofsaid sockets at both sides of the wagon with a set-screw k to hold theawning-frame at any height to which it may be adjusted in said sockets.I also make the vertical portions 01 cl of the rear bow' of telescopicconstruction, so that their length may be varied, thus raising orlowering the cross-bar 3. To this end I provide thev vertical portions dd at their-lower ends with extension-pieces d d, to which are secured bybolts d 01 vertical metal plates 01 d extending upward-1y along thesides of the vertical portions (1 d and provided with slots 01 whichreceive bolts 01 d passing through the vertical portions d. When saidbolts are loosened, the vertical portions 01 and cross-bar e may beraised or lowered between the plates d and whensaid bolts are tightenedthe said vertical portions and cross-bar are secured at any point towhich they may have been adjusted.

I claim- 1. A furniture or express Wagon having an awning-frame over thedrivers seat,comloined with a detachable extension of said frame,com-

prising a bow adapted for connection with the rear portion of thewagon-body,saidbow being made in two parts,which are hingedtogether atthe central portion of the cross-bar of the bow, a series of independentbars formed to extend from said how to the awning-frame,and means fordetachably securing the said bars to the said bow and awning-frame, someof said bars being connected with the hinged bow at one side of thehinge, and the others at the opposite side of the hinge, so that thebars make the hinged bow rigid.

2. A furniture or express wagon having an awning-frame over the driversseat, said frame comprising a bow having vertical portions at the endsof the seat, guides on the wagon having provisions for permittingavertical adjustment of said bow and for securing it at any height towhich it may be adjusted, and an awning-frame extension comprising,first, a bow having telescopic verticalportions detachably engaged withthe rear portion of the wagon-body, and means for maintaining saidtelescopic portions at various lengths; secondly, a series ofindependent bars formed to extend from one of said bows to the other;and thirdly, means for detachably securing the said bars to the saidbows.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

WVALTER S. WEBBER. Witnesses:

C. F. BROWN, A. D. HARRISON.

